In 2004, 89 soldiers enrolled in an opiate addiction treatment
program, by 2009 that number had jumped to 529; and half of that increase occurred
in 2009 alone, in response, say experts, to an upsurge in troops being sent to heroin
laden Afghanistan.

Opiate use in the world’s leading opium poppy producing
nation is a problem for the US
military, with experts conceding that heroin use is widespread and easily
available, even on American military bases. Ex-American soldiers who served in Afghanistan
report that heroin use is especially common amongst Afghani soldiers.

Although more U.S. troops are requiring treatment
than in previous years, the Army has caught very few of its soldiers testing
positive for opiate use through its random drug testing program.

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